"[Capti] is unmistakably magical realism, and should sit nicely on the shelf with the works of Italian writer Italo Calvino or American novelist Thomas Pynchon. …[Berard] writes poetry that is sharp and wonderfully vivacious."

"The glory of the book is the exuberant language: this is not Cicero’s Latin, but more like a post-modern Tacitus, a latter-day Lucan, a spiritual descendant of M. Terentius Varro. …There are descriptions galore…a long, satirical evocation of Seattle...and a description of LA that would be at home in Hugo or Dickens. …Its blend of modern form, modern scientific or philosophical motifs, and ancient language is almost steampunk in style."